SINGLE, SINGLENESS, SINGLY
ADJECTIVES
► AFALD single, singular, sole, only → c1000 obs.
► LEPI single, one → a1300 obs.
► OFOLD single → c1200 obs.
► ONLEPY only, sole, single → c900 obs.
► SIMPLAR single → 1610 obs.
► SIMPLE single → 1340 obs.
► SINGULAR separate, individual, single → c1340 obs.
► UNAL single; that is one only; based on unity → 1883
► VARSAL single, individual → 1765
► VERSAL single; individual → 1709 obs.
ADVERBS
► AFALDLY singly, simply → c1175 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► ODDLY singly, solely, alone → a1300 obs.
► ONE BY ONE LIKE JACKY LINGO’S SHEEP one after another, in single file → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUNDERLY separately, apart; individually; singly → c888 obs.
NOUNS
► SIMPLE a single thing → 1483 obs.
► SINGLERTY singleness → a1300 obs.
► SINGLETON a single thing, as distinct from a pair → 1892
► SINGLURE singleness, uniqueness → a1300 obs.
► SINGULARITY 1. a single or separate thing or entity; a unit → c1374 obs.
2. the quality or fact of being one in number or kind; singleness, oneness → 1583